Biaxial liquid-crystal elastomers: a lattice model.
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چکیده
We present a simple coarse-grained lattice model for monodomain biaxial liquid-crystal elastomers and perform large-scale Monte Carlo simulations in the proposed model system. Orientational ordering--uniaxial or biaxial--reflects in sample deformations on cooling the system. The simulation output is used to predict calorimetry data and deuterium magnetic resonance spectra.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- The European physical journal. E, Soft matter
دوره 25 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2008